Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-31

and spurred and plumed, and urging the
swift courser in the hottest haste, come
out and ask: "Halloo, man, whittier
awsy?" His response is: "Nowhere."
Rush into the busy snop or store OF many
one. and taking the plane out Of the
mans hand and laying down the yard
stick, say: "What, man, is all this about
so mucu stir and swest?" The reply
will stumble and break down between
teeth and lips. Every days duty ought
only to be the following up { the main
plan OF existence. Let men. be consist
ent. IT they prefer misdeeds to correct
courses Of action, then let them draw out
the design Of knsvery and cruelty end
plunder. Let every days fslsehood and
wrong doing be added as coloring to the
picture. Let bloody deeds red stripe the
canvas, and the clouds Of Wra hful God
hang down heavily over the canvas, resdy
to break out in clsmorous tempest. Let
the waters be chsfeG-a froth-tengle, and
green with immeGsu-sble depths. Then
take q torch and scorch into the frame of
the picture the right name for it, namely:
The Souls Suicide. II one entering on
sinful directions would only in his mind,
or or paper, draw out in awful reality
this dreadful future, he would reCoil from
it and say: sam l & Dante, that by my
own fe l should write another Iuferno?"
But il you are resolved TO live life such
IS God and good men WILL approve, do
not let it be = vague dream. so indefinite
determination, but in your mind, or upon
paper, sketch it in all its minute You
cannot know the changes to which you
may be subject, but you may know what
al ways will DE right and always will be
wrong. Let gentleness, and charity, and
veracity, and faith stand in the heart OF
the sketch. Ga some still brooks
bank make lamb and lion lie
down together. Draw two or three CT
the trees OF life, not frost stricken, nor
ice glazsd, nor wind stripped, but with
thick verdure waving Ike the palms Of
heaven. On the darkest cloud place the
rainbow, that billow OF the dying storm
! You need not burn the title on the frame.
The dullest will catch the design at O
glance and say "Thst is the road to
heaven" An, me! Ga this sea of life
what iunumerable ships, heavily laden
and well rugged, yet some bound for an
other port. Swept every whittier Of
wind and wave, they go up by the mount
aims, they so down by the pillows, and
s-e at their wits end. They sail by no
chart, they watch no star, they long for
no harbor. 1 beg every young man to-
day to
DRAW OUT A SKETCH
of what, by the grace Of Gpd, he means
to be, though in excellence 50 high that
you cannot reach it. H1 who starts ouc
in life with a high ideal Of character, and
faith in its attainment, Will fad himself
encased from Thousand temptations.
/ There are magnificent possibilities be
tore each OF you young men of the stout
heart, and the buoyant step, and the
bounding spirit. l would marshal you
for grand achievement. God now pro
vides for you the feet, and the ermor
and the fortified ions. Who is On the
Lords side? TIE captain of the z0u2ves
in ancient times, to encourage then
against the immense odds on the side q
their enemies, said: "Come, my men
look these fello VS. in the face They ar,
5000 strong; you are 800 Surely tn,
} match is even" That speech gave then
the victory. Be not, my nearer, dismsyeC
at any time by what seems sn immenst
odds against you. Is fortune, is want o
education, ere men, are devils agains
. you? Though The multituies o.
earth and he'll confront you
stand up TO the charge. With
m lion against you, the matct
is Just even. Nay, you have a decided
. advantage If G ID be for US, who csI
be- against us? Thus protected, you neeC
not spen much time in answering you
ASSISTANTS.
Many years ago word came to me tina
, two impostors, as temperance lecturers
) had been speaking in Ohio in vsriou
: places, and giving their experience, ant
, they told their audience that they hat
long been intimate with me, and had DE
: come drunksrds by dining at my table
where always mad liquors of all sorts
Indignant to the last degree, went dow
) to Patrick Campbell, chief OF Brookl3l
2 police, saying was going to start tns
!: night for 0aio to have these villains ar
: rested, and wanted him to tell me hos
to make the arrest. He smiled and SAID
"Do not waste your time by cnssiD,
! these men. Go home and do your WORK
/ and they can do you no harm " / to
d. his counsel and all was well. Long sg
e l made up my mind that il one will pu
t his trust in God and be faithful to duty
q ne need not fear any evil Have God o
: your eide, young man, and all the com
t oined forces Of earth and hell can do 20
t no damage.
e And this leads me to say that tn
I mightiest Of all defense for young ma
G Is the possession of
{ THOROUGH RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE.
!. Nothing can take tn place Of it. 81
may have manners that would put t
shame the gracefulness and courtesy of
Lord Chesterfield. Foreign laDgusg
q may drop from his tongue. He may D
3, able to discuss literature and laws an
I foreign customs. He may wiel
). q pen OF une qualed polls
q and power His quickness an
:. tact may qualify him for the highest ss
/ ary of the counting house. He nsy q
}. as sharp as Herod and IS strong as Sam
4 son, with as fae locks as those whic
1 hung Absalom, still he is not safe trol
:, contamination. The more elegant hi
j. manner, and the more fascinating h
8 dress, the more peril. Satan does IL
care much for the allegiance of cowar
e and illiterate being. He can bring hil
d into efficient service. But he loves I
d storm that csstle of character which h,
n in it the most spoils and treasures.
was not some crazy craft creeping alon
& the coast with yslueless cargo that IN
# pirate attacked, but the ship, full wipge
= and tagged, plying between great por;